Avash Karmacharya

A week after the flash flood in Nepal, I still look at the ground floor of my home in a mess and try to process that scary night of Friday, September 27, 2024, when Kathmandu Valley cried for rescue. I still fear any drop of rain at night and pray that the monsoon subsides now completely.

Exercise your right to freedom, fight for things you feel you’ve done right, but also reflect on your action because somebody may not approve of your action

I was in grade seven in school when a fellow classmate asked me if I knew what ‘sex’ meant. I replied that I had no clue. He told me to go home and find its meaning from the dictionary. I obliged politely, went back home and the meaning read “sex is an intercourse between a man and a woman”. I mugge...

What is being beautiful really mean? What are the parameters of being beautiful or looking good to fit for a beauty pageant?

I want to envision a space where women alone do not have to ask for their rights, where men become a part of sharing gender roles, where roles are not written by men alone